Ivan Atanasov, Business owner

Ivan Atanasov

Business owner

Own company

Location
Bulgaria
Education
Master's degree, Architecture
Experience
28 years, 5 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :28 years, 5 months

Business owner at Own company
  • Bulgaria
  • My current job since August 2013

Self - employed Architect, Real Estate Developer and Consultant.
Registered expert in the Public Procurement Agency, Bulgaria (Reg. No. BE 3327)
Registered Expert in the Arbitrage Court to the Bulgarian Industrial Association and in the Arbitrage Court to the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Tutor in the European Politechnical University, Pernik.

Current Clients:

• Chenira EOOD, Trigrad, Bulgaria - hotel interior design
• SES Group EOOD, Sofia, Bulgaria - design, property management and consulting
• ERG Capital-3 ADSIC, Sofia, Bulgaria - real estate development and property management consulting
• KC Consulting, Burgas, Bulgaria - real estate development and property management consulting, architectural design

Manager Investment and Real Estate Development in Mercator-B, Sofia, Bulgaria at Mercator-B
  • Bulgaria
  • September 2010 to August 2013

Mercator-B is the Bulgarian branch of Mercator d.d.. (Slovenia) - the largest retail operator in South-Eastern Europe. It has started its operation in Bulgaria in 2009 and is concentrated in development of hypermarkets and supermarkets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Management of investment and real estate development of the company in Bulgaria.
• Management of the investment process including site acquisition, site planning, design, construction, property management.

Project Manager and Chief Designer at Bulgarian American Enterprise Fund
  • Bulgaria
  • March 2001 to September 2010

BAEF is a group of companies created in 1994. I am employed by its real estate department - Bulgarian American Property Management (BAPM).

BAPM, as BAEF’s real estate department is a company that develops and manages retail, commercial, office, residential and industrial buildings. Its portfolio of own buildings is valued of over $35 million. BAPM offers project management service and built-to-suit development as well. BAMP was the supervisor of BACB construction loans.

Major BAPM tenants are: Praktiker DIY Stores, Piccadilly Grocery Stores, ING Bank, ING Pension Fund, Glaxo Smith Klein, Alcon, Sigma Bleizer Investment Fund, Maersk Sealand, Oriflame Cosmetics, Mercator Grocery Stores, Aiko Furniture Stores.
• Responsible for the design process in the company - senior architect
• Rezoning and permitting process completion
• Site planning
• Preliminary design research
• Functional and cost analysis
• Budget completion
• Time schedule analysis
• Participating in documentation and contract preparation
• Conceptual design
• 3D modeling, photo rendering presentation
• Brochures and booklets preparation, graphic design advice, web site advice
• Technical design completion, management and co-ordination
• Professional team coordination
• Tender documents preparation
• Author’s supervision of the process of the building
• Details preparation and co-ordination
• Interior design
• Client liaison
• Local authority liaison, submissions, co-ordination and approvals
• Responding to BAPM tenants’ inquiries - space re-organization, new interior planning and design, controlling renovations
• Supervision of BACB construction lending loans - project analysis, budget check, supervision of the process of the building
• Design and development of BACB offices. Construction supervision.
• Participating in BACB marketing - graphic design advice and co-ordination.

Designer at Euroarch
  • Bulgaria
  • January 1998 to March 2001

• Conceptual design
• Technical and working design completion and co-ordination
• Preparing bill of quantities
• Mechanical design co-ordination
• Professional team co-ordination
• Tender documents preparation
• 3D modeling and photo rendering preparation
• Brochures and booklets preparation, graphic design advice, web site advice
• Details preparation and co-ordination
• Interior design
• Meeting clients’ inquiries
• Administrating office computer network

Internship designer at b.v. BURO VOOR ARCHITECTUUR BERT VERWEY b.n.a.
  • Netherlands
  • May 2000 to June 2000

• Conceptual design

Designer at Team Consult
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 1996 to October 1996

• Conceptual design
• Technical design
• Interior design
• Mechanical design co-ordination
• 3D modeling

Junior designer at UVS
  • Bulgaria
  • December 1995 to July 1996

• Conceptual design
• Technical design
• Interior design
• Mechanical design co-ordination
• 3D modeling and photo rendering preparation

Education

Master's degree, Architecture
  • at University of Architecture, Civil engineering and Geodesy-Sofia, Architectural Department.
  • January 1997

Tuition: I studied in An Experimental Architectural Student Design Studio - headed by Prof.Arch.Ph.D. Stefan Popov Specialization: Public and Residential Buildings. Graduation project: Passengers Hotel in Sofia Pre-graduation projects: Entertainment Center Leisure and SPA Center Other student projects: Bank – interior and exterior projects Art gallery Car service with multi-storey car park Petrol station with a small car service Residential zone – full development Apartment houses Family house for rich people – three variations Lake resort – full development Industrial zone – master plan City center – city planning Town park – landscape project Village – master plan Office building – technical project Family house – technical project TV studio – interior project Specializations abroad: 1. Summer, 1993 in Lerwick, Shetland Islands (UK). I worked on the problems about ecological houses. 2. December, 2000: Insulation, plastering and painting systems in CAPAROL GmBH, Ober Ramstadt, Germany

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
AutoCAD
Architecture
Real Estate
Senior Executives
AutoCAD R12,13,14,2000, 2004, 2006; Microsoft Office, Windows 95-98, 2000, XP; Adobe Photoshop; 3D S
Archi CAD,Auto CAD, SD Studio Max. Photo shop, Corel Draw
Real Estate Development
Project Management
Architecture

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria
  • Licensed member
  • January 2005
Union Internationale Des Architectes and Bulgarian Union of Architects
  • Member
  • January 1997

Training and Certifications

Insulation, plastering and painting systems (Training)
Training Institute:
CAPAROL GmBH
Date Attended:
December 2000

Hobbies

  • Art drawing
  • Swimming
  • Graphic design
  • Violin